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Thursday Boys Hoops Playoffs — Mercy at Happy Camp, 7 p.m. Girls Hoops Playoffs — Corning at Foothill, 7 p.m. NBA— Heat at Bulls, 5 p.m., TNT NBA— Celtics at Nuggets, 7:30 p.m., TNT NCAA—West Virginia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ESPN PGA— Accenture Match Play Championship, 11 a.m., TGC Sports 1B Thursday February 24, 2011 Bulldogs knocked out Today’s basketball playoffs at a glance #5 Corning at #4 Foothill Girls —Division III — First Round Thursday, 7 p.m. Corning Cardinals: 14-12, 4-4, tied for third in Northern Athletic Foothill Cougars: 10-14, 2-8, fifth in Eastern Athletic - North Previous meeting Their last meeting was last year’s first round of the playoffs. Foothill came from behind to knock off the visiting Lady Cardinals 45-43. Corning committed just one turnover in the first half, but the second half turned into a different story and the Cardinals couldn’t make their looks either. Regan Albee finished with 12 points and five assists and Chante Dale added 11 points for Corning. Players to watch Corning — #33 Brittney Garrett, #11 Catherine Kinkle, #21 Karlie Jennings Foothill — #25 Grace Fox, #20 Kelsey Bertellotti, #24 Aubrae Pearson Notes: Corning has won five of their last six coming into the game...the Cougars have lost six of their last seven. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Los Molinos senior Kevin Garnica takes the ball in the paint,Wednesday, against East Nicolaus. BOYS HOOPS East Nicolaus 56 Los Molinos 52 By RICHGREENE DNSports Editor LOSMOLINOS— In a back-and- forth thriller East Nicolaus made buck- ets when they counted most and ended the Bulldogs season 56-52, Wednesday night, in a Division V first round play- off game. Riley Shill was making buckets all night for visiting East Nicolaus. He opened the game with the Spartans’ first eight points and he closed the night with their final two. Shill’s two free throws with 3.2 sec- onds remaining sealed the first round upset and a fourth quarter comeback. On his way to a game-high 27-point performance Shill regained the lead for the Spartans with a 3-pointer with around 2 minutes to go. Dom Ceja came back for Los Moli- nos and nailed an acrobatic layup to tie it at 52-52. GIRLS HOOPS Oroville 42 Red Bluff 69 Then Allan DaPrato broke the tie with 1:11 remaining when he scooped an offensive rebound off of the floor and put it in for a 54-52 Spartans lead. Los Molinos had three cracks to tie in the final minute, but missed a shot and turned the ball over twice. It was a heartbreaking loss for the Bulldogs who erased a 12-point third quarter deficit to hold a lead and momentum for much of the fourth quarter. On the first play of the second half, the Spartans’ near 7-footer Alex Weber, who finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, converted an and-one basket and free throw to give East Nicolaus a 32-21 lead. Los Molinos responded. The Bulldogs switched to a full court press and their aggressive defense brought alive their offense. The Bulldogs went on a 26-9 run behind the hot shooting of Sean Con- rad, who made seven 3-pointers on the night on his way to 25 points. Senior Kevin Garnica was a force on the boards, grabbing 10 of them of them to go along with six points and together, Tuesday night, as the Lady Spartans ended the season on a positive note with a 69-42 win over Oroville. The game also marked Senior Night and a celebra- tion of Red Bluff’s lone senior — Roxy Luppino. A depleted Red Bluff squad, who only dressed seven players, shot 50 per- cent from the field. Lottie Jones started the game on fire, scoring eight points and pulling down three boards as Red Bluff raced off to a 20-8 lead. Jones continued her surge in the second quarter, scoring six more points. Oroville hit a trio of 3- pointers in a row to close the gap, but the Spartans switched their defense and took a 35-20 lead into half- time. In the third quarter Cori Schatz stepped up, adding seven points as Red Bluff extended their lead ot 53-31. Schatz added eight more points in the fourth quarter and Red Bluff finished off a 69-42 win. Red Bluff’s 50 percent shooting was a season high, as were their 42 rebounds. They also committed a sea- son low mark of 18 turnovers. Schatz finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jones ended with 19 points and eight rebounds. Alana Hinkston had a career high 14 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. Luppino ended her career with seven points and four assists. Ashley Brown added four points as did Morgan Weaver. BOYS HOOPS Red Bluff 42 Oroville 30 The Spartan boys head into the playoffs on a roll after knocking off Oroville 42-30 on the road, Tuesday. Jonah McInnis and Tay- lor Blaser had 10 each. Ceja added 10 points for Los Molinos. Ryan Mekech had four points, Reg- gie Points made an important 3-pointer in the fourth quarter and Ramiro Castellon and Gilbert Zamora both chipped in two points. Despite the ending it was still a suc- cessful season for the Bulldogs, who finished undefeated in league play and 14-8 on the season after being below .500 a year ago. GIRLS HOOPS Los Molinos 42 Liberty Christian 59 The Lady Bulldogs season ended Tuesday with a 59-42 road loss at Lib- erty Christian. Mercy 57 Loyalton 66 Mercy fell 66-57 to Loyalton, Wednesday, in a first round playoff game. Maggie Keller had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Lady Warriors. Lady Spartans send Luppino out a winner All of the pieces came #7 Mercy at #2 Happy Camp Boys —Division VI — Quarterfinal Thursday, 7 p.m. Mercy Warriors: 14-13, 5-7, fourth in Tri-Cities (beat Champion Christ- ian 56-39 in first round) Happy Camp Indians: 14-4, 9-1, tied for first in Evergreen (had a first round bye) Players to watch Mercy —#24 Mitchell Lopez, #21 Jeremie Jones, #35 Royce Crane Happy Camp —#3 Brent Boykin, #23 Kevin Harrison, #22 Charley Reed Notes: The teams played three common opponents this season — American Christian Academy, Dunsmuir and Tulelake...Mercy was 2-1 in those games and Happy Camp was 5-1. Friday’s basketball playoffs at a glance #4 Red Bluff at #1 Chico Boys —Division II — Semifinal Friday, 7 p.m. Red Bluff Spartans: 9-17, 5-8, sec- ond in Eastern Athletic - South Chico Panthers: 25-1, 12-0, first in Eastern Athletic - North Previous meeting On Jan. 4, the Spartans led the No. 1 ranked Pan- thers with three minutes to go before Chico erupted for a 17-2 run to close out the game and escape with a 61-51 victory. Sterling Smith had 29 points for Chico. Storm Lewis and Jonah McInnis led Red Bluff with 10. Players to watch Red Bluff — #24 Carlos Tapia, #34 Jonah McInnis, #5 Ian Hill Chico — #24 Sterling Smith, #23 Kurt Kitayama, #3 Jesse Holmes Notes: Smith is coming off of a 48-point performance in the Panthers’ final regular season game...Chico is the two- time defending Division-II champion...Red Bluff hasn’t won a playoff game since 2004. #5 Las Plumas at #4 Corning Boys —Division III — First Round Friday, 7 p.m. Courtesy photo Red Bluff senior Roxy Luppino Scoreboard NBA Wednesday’s results Sacramento 111, Orlando 105 Dallas 118, Utah 99 Houston 124, Cleveland 119 Indiana 102, Detroit 101 Memphis 104, Minnesota 95 New Orleans 98, L.A. Clippers 87 New York 114, Milwaukee 108 Philadelphia 117, Washington 94 Phoenix 105, Atlanta 97 San Antonio 109, Oklahoma City 105 Toronto 118, Chicago 113 L.A. Lakers at Portland, late Today’s games Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m., TNT Boston at Denver, 7:30 p.m., TNT Tuesday’s late results Boston 115, Golden State 93 L.A. Lakers 104, Atlanta 80 NHL Wednesday’s results San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Buffalo 4, Atlanta 1 Edmonton 5, Colorado 1 Ottawa 5, Florida 1 Tampa Bay 8, Phoenix 3 Los Angeles at Anaheim, late Today’s games N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m., NHLN Toronto at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s late result Montreal 3, Vancouver 2 NCAA Wednesday’s Top 25 results No. 1 Duke 78, No. 24 Temple 61 No. 7 BYU 84, Colorado State 76 No. 8 Purdue 72, Indiana 61 No. 9 Notre Dame 92, Providence 90 Cincinnati 58, No. 11 Georgetown 46 No. 12 Wisconsin 53, Michigan 52 No. 19 North Carolina 75, N.C. State 63 No. 20 Missouri 77, Baylor 59 No. 21 Texas A&M 61, Oklahoma 47 Arkansas 77, No. 22 Kentucky 76, OT No. 23 St. John’s 76, DePaul 51 Today’s Top 25 games No.4 Pittsburgh vs West Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN No. 10 Arizona at USC, 7:30 p.m. No. 13 Florida vs Georgia, 4 p.m., ESPN2 No.14 Connecticut vs Marquette, 4 p.m., ESPN Today’s other televised games California at Oregon, 6 p.m., CSNC Penn St. at Northwestern, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Arizona St.at UCLA, 8 p.m., CSNB Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Las Plumas Thunderbirds: 6-19, 3- 10, fourth in Eastern Athletic - South Corning Cardinals: 19-7, 5-3, tied for second in Northern Athletic Previous meeting Corning won at Las Plumas 71-53 on Dec. 7. Cameron Nye led the way with 21 points and Tyler McIntyre added 17 points. Anthony Monroe had 12 points and 13 rebounds and Ryan Holland made six steals to go with 11 points. Players to watch Las Plumas — #23 Isaac Brown, #15 Kevin Dugger, #24 Nick Crete Corning — #20 Cameron Nye, #23 Tyler McIntyre, #32 Anthony Monroe Notes: The Cardinals have won seven straight games...Las Plumas has dropped eight of their past 10 games, with the two wins coming against Red Bluff...both teams lost in the first round last year.